Favorite Quotations
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Famous Quotations for Today
Japanese Proverb
Experience is an expensive school, but a fool will learn from no other.
Benjamin Franklin, ?
To be proud of virtue is to poison oneself with the antidote.
Mary Hemingway
Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.
Albert Einstein
Human beings are not condemned, because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy of a cruel, self-inflicted fate.
Clive Staples Lewis
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
Albert Einstein
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Diogenes the Cynic (412 to 323 B.C.)
If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
Plato
Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.
Virgil
Love begets love, love knows no rules, this is the same for all.
Henry J. Tillman
The saying Getting there is half the fun became obsolete with the advent of commercial airlines.
F. F. Bosworth
Believe your beliefs and doubt your doubts.
Kahlil Gibran
What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you
More Quotations
The missing finger that never was - Mail & Guardian Online
Sat, 03 May 2008 09:06:00 GMT
Traditionally on May Day the fool plays at pratfalls and buffoonery around local morris dancers, brandishing his fool's bauble, an inflated pig's bladder on a stick, with which he ...
Reading Films - Egypt Today
Fri, 02 May 2008 17:28:00 GMT
Reading movie magazines may be my greatest vice — a habit as hard to kick as smoking. But how can I resist? They carry interesting interviews with actors, actresses and ...
A safe haven for tourists - Times of Oman
Sat, 03 May 2008 09:42:00 GMT
MUSCAT: “A former maritime empire that stretched from India to Zanzibar, Oman is an anomaly, both in its own backyard and in the larger Middle East region. “The ‘Yin’ to ...
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Japanese Proverb
Experience is an expensive school, but a fool will learn from no other.
Benjamin Franklin, ?
To be proud of virtue is to poison oneself with the antidote.
Mary Hemingway
Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything.
Albert Einstein
Human beings are not condemned, because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy of a cruel, self-inflicted fate.
Clive Staples Lewis
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
Albert Einstein
"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Diogenes the Cynic (412 to 323 B.C.)
If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.
Plato
Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.
Virgil
Love begets love, love knows no rules, this is the same for all.
Henry J. Tillman
The saying Getting there is half the fun became obsolete with the advent of commercial airlines.
F. F. Bosworth
Believe your beliefs and doubt your doubts.
Kahlil Gibran
What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you
More Quotations
The missing finger that never was - Mail & Guardian Online
Sat, 03 May 2008 09:06:00 GMT
Traditionally on May Day the fool plays at pratfalls and buffoonery around local morris dancers, brandishing his fool's bauble, an inflated pig's bladder on a stick, with which he ...
Reading Films - Egypt Today
Fri, 02 May 2008 17:28:00 GMT
Reading movie magazines may be my greatest vice — a habit as hard to kick as smoking. But how can I resist? They carry interesting interviews with actors, actresses and ...
A safe haven for tourists - Times of Oman
Sat, 03 May 2008 09:42:00 GMT
MUSCAT: “A former maritime empire that stretched from India to Zanzibar, Oman is an anomaly, both in its own backyard and in the larger Middle East region. “The ‘Yin’ to ...
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Great Famous Quotations
American Heart Association Cookbook
Eat before shopping. If you go to the store hungry, you are likely to make unnecessary purchases.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle.
Sir Walter Besant
A man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.
Louis L. Mann
What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.
William Shakespeare
Let me have men about me that are fat, Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look He thinks too much such men are dangerous.
Albert Einstein
At any rate, I am convinced that He God does not play dice.
Erich Fromm
Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is.
Yiddish Proverb
Truth never dies, but lives a wretched life.
H. G. Wells
Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.
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A safe haven for tourists - Times of Oman
Sat, 03 May 2008 08:38:00 GMT
MUSCAT: “A former maritime empire that stretched from India to Zanzibar, Oman is an anomaly, both in its own backyard and in the larger Middle East region. “The ‘Yin’ to ...
Natural beauty - Centre Daily
Sat, 03 May 2008 05:24:00 GMT
BIGLER, Clearfield County — Drive down an unassuming street past a brick plant and you’ll get your first glimpse of the flower show that is to come. CDT/Catrina Rawson Ray ...
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Straight to the Famous Quotations ...
American Heart Association Cookbook
Eat before shopping. If you go to the store hungry, you are likely to make unnecessary purchases.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle.
Sir Walter Besant
A man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.
Louis L. Mann
What happens to a man is less significant than what happens within him.
William Shakespeare
Let me have men about me that are fat, Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look He thinks too much such men are dangerous.
Albert Einstein
At any rate, I am convinced that He God does not play dice.
Erich Fromm
Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is.
Yiddish Proverb
Truth never dies, but lives a wretched life.
H. G. Wells
Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.
More Quotes
A safe haven for tourists - Times of Oman
Sat, 03 May 2008 08:38:00 GMT
MUSCAT: “A former maritime empire that stretched from India to Zanzibar, Oman is an anomaly, both in its own backyard and in the larger Middle East region. “The ‘Yin’ to ...
Natural beauty - Centre Daily
Sat, 03 May 2008 05:24:00 GMT
BIGLER, Clearfield County — Drive down an unassuming street past a brick plant and you’ll get your first glimpse of the flower show that is to come. CDT/Catrina Rawson Ray ...
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More Famous Quotations
Woodrow Wilson
We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.
Euripides, Hippolytus, 428 B.C.
There is one thing alone
that stands the brunt of life throughout its course:
a quiet conscience.
Polish Proverb
He is rich enough that wants nothing.
James Grover Thurber
It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.
Marco A. Almazan
The truly skillful politician is one who, when he comes to a fork in the road, goes both ways.
Richard Harris
Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice.
Agatha Christie
I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable ... but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.
Evan Davis
Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.
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Apps: Sound Studio, iMedia Browser - MacNN
Sat, 03 May 2008 00:16:00 GMT
Sound Studio 3.5.6 ($80) sound recording and editing tool. This new version provides enhanced marker support, localization updates and bug fixes, and is a free upgrade for existing ...
What is a shot at glory? - Myrtle Beach Online
Sat, 03 May 2008 02:04:00 GMT
The line of nearly 1,000 people stretching out the front door at Coastal Grand mall Friday could have been for any big sale, promotion or debut. By looks alone, no one would have ...
Canadian dollar closed unchanged at 98.11 cents US - Canada East
Sat, 03 May 2008 00:02:00 GMT
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar closed unchanged at 98.11 cents US on Friday. The U.S. dollar stood also unchanged at 101.93 cents Cdn. Pound sterling closed C$2.0116, down 0.08 of a ...
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Check out these Famous Quotations:
Woodrow Wilson
We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.
Euripides, Hippolytus, 428 B.C.
There is one thing alone
that stands the brunt of life throughout its course:
a quiet conscience.
Polish Proverb
He is rich enough that wants nothing.
James Grover Thurber
It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all the answers.
Marco A. Almazan
The truly skillful politician is one who, when he comes to a fork in the road, goes both ways.
Richard Harris
Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice.
Agatha Christie
I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable ... but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.
Evan Davis
Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.
More Quotes
Apps: Sound Studio, iMedia Browser - MacNN
Sat, 03 May 2008 00:16:00 GMT
Sound Studio 3.5.6 ($80) sound recording and editing tool. This new version provides enhanced marker support, localization updates and bug fixes, and is a free upgrade for existing ...
What is a shot at glory? - Myrtle Beach Online
Sat, 03 May 2008 02:04:00 GMT
The line of nearly 1,000 people stretching out the front door at Coastal Grand mall Friday could have been for any big sale, promotion or debut. By looks alone, no one would have ...
Canadian dollar closed unchanged at 98.11 cents US - Canada East
Sat, 03 May 2008 00:02:00 GMT
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar closed unchanged at 98.11 cents US on Friday. The U.S. dollar stood also unchanged at 101.93 cents Cdn. Pound sterling closed C$2.0116, down 0.08 of a ...
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Today's Quotations
Walt Whitman, "Leaves of Grass"
Was it doubted that those who corrupt their own bodies conceal themselves?
Antoine De Saint-Exupery
When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.
Author Unknown
The biggest shortage of all is the shortage of common sense.
William Shakespeare, "Much Ado about Nothing", Act 2 scene 1
Friendship is constant in all other things
Save in the office and affairs of love:
Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues;
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.
Jan Ashford
There is no such thing as can't, only won't. If you're qualified, all it takes is a burning desire to accomplish, to make a change. Go forward, go backward. Whatever it takes But you can't blame other people or society in general. It all comes from your mind. When we do the impossible we realize we are special people.
Willa Sibert Cather
The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or woman.
Mary Pickford
This thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.
William Adams
Most of us are just about as happy as we make up our minds to be.
Oscar Wilde, , in a letter to his friend, Frances Forbes-Robertson, who had invited him to her wedding in London, but Wilde was
Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.
More Quotations
The missing finger that never was - Guardian Unlimited
Fri, 02 May 2008 22:00:00 GMT
Traditionally on May Day the fool plays at pratfalls and buffoonery around local morris dancers, brandishing his fool's bauble, an inflated pig's bladder on a stick, with which he ...
Benepath Simplifies Health Insurance Quotes (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Thu, 01 May 2008 20:31:00 GMT
While many web sites claim to offer affordable health insurance, most only collect information to resell it to multiple agents and telemarketing centers. The consumer ends up with countless calls and emails and not the quotes they need.
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Straight to the Quotations ...
Walt Whitman, "Leaves of Grass"
Was it doubted that those who corrupt their own bodies conceal themselves?
Antoine De Saint-Exupery
When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.
Author Unknown
The biggest shortage of all is the shortage of common sense.
William Shakespeare, "Much Ado about Nothing", Act 2 scene 1
Friendship is constant in all other things
Save in the office and affairs of love:
Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues;
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent.
Jan Ashford
There is no such thing as can't, only won't. If you're qualified, all it takes is a burning desire to accomplish, to make a change. Go forward, go backward. Whatever it takes But you can't blame other people or society in general. It all comes from your mind. When we do the impossible we realize we are special people.
Willa Sibert Cather
The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or woman.
Mary Pickford
This thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.
William Adams
Most of us are just about as happy as we make up our minds to be.
Oscar Wilde, , in a letter to his friend, Frances Forbes-Robertson, who had invited him to her wedding in London, but Wilde was
Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.
More Quotations
The missing finger that never was - Guardian Unlimited
Fri, 02 May 2008 22:00:00 GMT
Traditionally on May Day the fool plays at pratfalls and buffoonery around local morris dancers, brandishing his fool's bauble, an inflated pig's bladder on a stick, with which he ...
Benepath Simplifies Health Insurance Quotes (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Thu, 01 May 2008 20:31:00 GMT
While many web sites claim to offer affordable health insurance, most only collect information to resell it to multiple agents and telemarketing centers. The consumer ends up with countless calls and emails and not the quotes they need.
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Daily Famous Quotes
Niall MacDermot
'State intelligence,' like 'military intelligence' and 'woman friend,' is a contradiction in terms.
Bernard Grasset
The chimerical pursuit of perfection is always linked to some important deficiency, frequently the inability to love.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night
Sometimes it is harder to deprive oneself of a pain than of a pleasure.
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes
A man who enjoys responsibility usually gets it. A man who merely likes exercising authority usually loses it.
Tom Robbins
Rap music... sounds like somebody feeding a rhyming dictionary to a popcorn popper.
Robert Greenleaf
Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.
Assyrian Proverb
Life is unbearable, but death is not so pleasant either.
Katharine Butler Hathaway
It is only by following your deepest instinct that you can lead a rich life, and if you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, then your life will be safe, expedient and thin.
Patrick Henry
Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense
More Quotations
Toute l'actualité au moment où vous la voulez. - Le Matinternet
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:14:00 GMT
Fonds monétaire international ...
Strauss-Kahn savoure son retour aux affaires - Libération
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:46:00 GMT
Par CHRISTIAN LOSSON L’ex-candidat retoqué des primaires PS à la présidentielle goûte l’instant avec d’autant plus de jubilation que le terrain de ...
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Here are the Famous Quotes ...
Niall MacDermot
'State intelligence,' like 'military intelligence' and 'woman friend,' is a contradiction in terms.
Bernard Grasset
The chimerical pursuit of perfection is always linked to some important deficiency, frequently the inability to love.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night
Sometimes it is harder to deprive oneself of a pain than of a pleasure.
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes
A man who enjoys responsibility usually gets it. A man who merely likes exercising authority usually loses it.
Tom Robbins
Rap music... sounds like somebody feeding a rhyming dictionary to a popcorn popper.
Robert Greenleaf
Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.
Assyrian Proverb
Life is unbearable, but death is not so pleasant either.
Katharine Butler Hathaway
It is only by following your deepest instinct that you can lead a rich life, and if you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, then your life will be safe, expedient and thin.
Patrick Henry
Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense
More Quotations
Toute l'actualité au moment où vous la voulez. - Le Matinternet
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:14:00 GMT
Fonds monétaire international ...
Strauss-Kahn savoure son retour aux affaires - Libération
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:46:00 GMT
Par CHRISTIAN LOSSON L’ex-candidat retoqué des primaires PS à la présidentielle goûte l’instant avec d’autant plus de jubilation que le terrain de ...
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